映日果

Chinese
phonetic fruit; result
trad. (映日果) 映日 果
simp. #(映日果) 映日 果

Etymology

From Persian انجیر‎ (anjir, “fig”) + 果 (guǒ), doublet of 阿駔／阿驵, 阿馹／阿驲, and 阿驛／阿驿 (āyì).

Pronunciation

Noun

映日果

  1. Alternative name for 無花果／无花果 (wúhuāguǒ).

Japanese

Etymology 1
Kanji in this term
映 日 果
えい > い
Grade: 6		 じつ > ちじ
Grade: 1		 か > く
Grade: 4
on’yomi

From Middle Chinese 映日果 (ʔˠiæŋH ȵiɪt̚ kuɑX, “fig”), a transliteration of Persian انجیر‎ (anjir, “fig”) + Middle Chinese 果 (kuɑX, “fruit”). The reading いちじく (ichijiku) is possibly an irregular Japanese rendering of the Chinese pronunciation.

Pronunciation
  • (Tokyo) いち​じく [ìchíꜜjìkù] (Nakadaka – [2])[1][2]
  • IPA(key): [it͡ɕiʑikɯ̟ᵝ]

Noun

映(い)日(ちじ)果(く) • (ichijiku) 

  1. Alternative spelling of 無花果

Etymology 2
Kanji in this term
映 日 果
えい
Grade: 6		 じつ
Grade: 1		 か
Grade: 4
on’yomi

From Middle Chinese 映日果 (ʔˠiæŋH ȵiɪt̚ kuɑX, “fig”), a transliteration of Persian انجیر‎ (anjir, “fig”) + Middle Chinese 果 (kuɑX, “fruit”).

Pronunciation
  • (Tokyo) えーじつ​か [èéjítsúꜜkà] (Nakadaka – [4])[1]
  • IPA(key): [e̞ːʑit͡sɨᵝka̠]

Noun

映(えい)日(じつ)果(か) • (eijitsuka) ←えいじつくわ (eizitukwa)?

  1. fig

References
  1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN
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